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Hoover Senior Fellow Thomas Dee presented data on a program in several Bay Area cities that sends trained mental health professionals out on police calls where a mental health crisis is suspected.

With funding from Stanford's Office of Community Engagement, the Gardner Center and San Mateo County have launched a "Community Data Integrity Project" to assess the county's strengths, limitations, priorities, and capacity to collect and use community data for decision-making.

In this podcast by Stanford's Graduate School of Education, Gardner Center Executive Director Amy Gerstein discusses the effects of unstable housing on students, plus how we can attend to all the factors that affect student success.

Quietly and behind the scenes, the Gardner Center has been working with the Ravenswood City School District to study its Talent Initiative designed to recruit, retain, and reward excellent teachers and staff — the results are promising. 

Researchers from the Gardner Center spent two years studying a co-responder pilot program in San Mateo County, finding meaningful reductions in involuntary psychiatric detentions.

Unique fellowship introduces new grads to public service through hands-on community work, community-engaged research, and a personal path of purpose and peace.

Research by Stanford's Thomas Dee shows that freshmen struggling in math do better overall when they take Algebra I and receive extra support.

Tom Dee discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic affected student learning and school attendance and how schools can help them recover. 

He also tackles the ongoing debate about how to teach kids to read.

An expert panel tackles how a sense of belonging plays a critical role as students navigate the transition from middle school to high school.

Thomas Dee, faculty director for the Gardner Center, excels at communicating the importance of education research to wide audiences.